Re: ia32-libs, where are they ?

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

hans-u@t-online.de (Hans-J. Ullrich) writes:

> Hi Goswin,
>
> my decision and solution was, to create a chroot like described on the 
> AMD64-site. Additionally I added two entries 
> in /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu.conf :
>
> /var/chroot/sid-ia32/lib
> /var/chroot/sid-ia32/usr/lib
>
> and did a ldconfig.
> I hope, this will not destroy my amd64-parts. I fear, the amd64-part will not 
> always find the correct libs this way or do they not ?
>
> It would be nice, if you could send me an answer, if my way is not correct.
> Anyway, the 32-bit-application is running now. Other 32-bit-applications 
> worked using this kind , too.
>
> Thanks for help !
>
> Regards
>
> Hans

The ld.so knows what library is 32bit and what 64bit and will pick the
right one. You can get some warnings when you compile things that a
library won't fit but ld keeps searching till it finds the right one
too.

So both runtime and compile time will be fine.

MfG
        Goswin